Toy cap-pistol.



j. ANDERSEN.

TOY CAFPISTOL.

APPUCATIQN HLED1uNE1a.x916.

Patented Feb.20,1917

WITNESSES ran FCE.

JOI-IN ANDERSEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TOY CAP-PISTOL.

Application iled .Tune 13, 1916.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN ANDnnsnN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brook lyn, in the county7 of Kings and State ot' New York, have invented a new and 1mproved Toy Cap-Pistol, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to toy lfirearms and has particular reference to a novel form of means for exploding paper caps.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a toy pistol combining the elements of cheapness and efliciency with respect to the loudness of the report to be had by it.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pistol comprising a tubular barrel and a weight slidable therein toward or against an anvil member for exploding the paper cap, the action being practically automatic, no springs or other movable parts being required for manipulating the weight other than the impulse given to the .veight by the swinging or tossing of the pistol.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a preferred embodiment of the invention, portions of the barrel being broken away to show the slidable plunger while the anvil member is shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 indicating the manner of providing the fixed abutment or stop, against which the plunger slides when in the loading position;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the muzzle or anvil end of the barrel, showing the pre ierred form of opening through which the report is delivered; and

Fig. 4 is a diagram indicating one manner of tiring the pistol, the impulse given to the plunger being due to the iorward or downward throw or toss of the pistol from the upright position to or beyond a horizontal position.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

Serial No. 103,431.

In carrying out this invention 1n a practical manner, I provide a pistol comprising a barrel 10 connected in any manner t0 or made integral with a hilt 11 of any suitable design. This barrel structure may be conveniently and eii'ectively made of sheet metal suitably stamped and then bent into linal form.

12 indicates a plunger or hammer in the nature of a. cylindrical block of solid metal slidable freely from one end of the barrel to the other. I wish it to be understood, however, that the hammer might be other than circular in cross section, since its function is due to its free sliding motion only.

At the rear of the breech end of the barrel is formed a stop device to limit the rearward movement of the hammer. This device is indicated in the drawings as comprising a pair of lugs 13 struck inwardly from the sides of the barrel so as to lie in the same transverse plane. When the muzzle end of the barrel is elevated, the weight or hammer 12 slides freely and automatically by gravity against the lugs 13, where it will ordinarily remain until after the pistol is loaded.

In the muzzle end of the barrel is secured another solid metal block 14, hereinafter referred to as the anvil. This anvil is secured rigidly in place by any suitable means as, for instance, by being fitted or driven snugly into the muzzle, and then any number of lugs or points 15 formed integral with the barrel may be bent over so as to make a positive holding means for the anvil, thereby resisting the impact due to the outer or forward gliding movement of the hammer.

At one side of the barrel. shown as the upper side, there is provided an opening or notch 16 of any suitable size or form just back of the anvil. Through this notch the cap C is applied into the place or in the seat against the inner end of the anvil where it will stay without further attention until it is struck by the hammer. The detonation resulting from the impact of the hammer against the cap and anvil will be effective through the opening 16.

With the parts arranged as indicated, and with the cap inserted into the seat against the anvil, as shown in Fig. l, the operator holding the pistol in the ordinary manner 1n his hand, will give the pistol a swing or toss in any suitable manner, so as to project the iool hannner forwardly forcibly from its normal position, shown in Fig. 1 and the upper portion of Fig. 4i, to the position shown in the lower portion of Fig. 4 with the resulting firing of the cap with a loud noise. The hammer cannot become displaced from the barrel7 and when the muzzle end of the barrel is elevated again the hammer will return as above stated to its normal position for the next operation. The danger of personal injury from the firing of paper caps by this means Vis'practically eliminated because the muzzle end of the pistol must be projected at considerable distance from the person, and also is remote :trom both of his hands as well as his face at the time the eXplosion occurs. The device, therefore, is safe in practice and is most pleasing to boys who are fond of playing with firearms.

I claim:

The herein described toy'percussion cap pistol, the same comprising an integral barrel and butt handle formed of sheet metal, an -anvil secured in the muzzle end of the barrel by means of inwardly bent portions of the metal, said barrel being provided at its upper portion with an opening just back of the anvil, the metal of the barrel at the breech portion being bent inwardly from opposite sides forming an abutmentperpendicular to the aXis of the barrel, and a hammer slidable freely in the barrel between the abutment and the anvil.

JOHN ANDERSEN.

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